Today we’d like to introduce you to Keaton Grovey.
Alright, so thank you so much for sharing your story and insight with our readers. To kick things off, can you tell us a bit about how you got started?
I really started honing my craft around the time of COVID so about 2020. But it started longer before that. From 2006, I had a thing of doing random headshots using the phone I had over the years. My inspiration came from the opening of the Bold and the Beautiful where they showed very dramatic portrait shots of the cast. Fast forwarding to 2020 and subsequently after that, I started taking classes to hone my craft in photography.
Would you say it’s been a smooth road, and if not what are some of the biggest challenges you’ve faced along the way?
The road wasn’t too bad but it wasn’t smooth as well. The real challenges were affording a camera, learning the camera, and remembering the exposure triangle which equates to getting “the shot” Although I’ve gotten the idea of it after years of practice, I’m always still learning
Appreciate you sharing that. What else should we know about what you do?
I’m a photographer specializing in concert, portrait, and fantasy photography but I’m always willing to expand my photographic horizons. Recently I started doing concert photography more but not without doing portrait photography first. My brother Titus has always been the model for my portfolio when I did portrait photography and my other brother King David has been mostly the face of my portfolio for concert photography but over the recent years I’ve had met many awesome and talented artists who I’ve called family as well and that’s something I’m so proud of. I said this because when we do photography we treat it as solely as business but it’s personal as well because you build both personal and creative bonds with your clients. Not only that, when doing concert photography you’ve give all these talented people a platform to be known. They are unknown in the underground music scene but slowly but surely they will be known to a lot of people and that’s an even greater thing to be proud of.
Can you talk to us a bit about happiness and what makes you happy?
Photography is an outlet for me and not just a hobby. It is a great help to my mental health. Currently I’m at war with something known as severe manic depression. I’ve had this for years. Besides my friends and family who makes me happy. Being able to be creative in my work and to distract myself from the plagues of depression… Is even more better for me.
Contact Info:
- Instagram: @groveycophotography
